Vending-machine.



s. KLEINMAN. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1907.

908,276; Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

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s. KLEINMAN. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1907.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL KLEINMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

VENDING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL KLEINMAN, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and Stateof New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inVending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vending machines and more particularly todevices for automatically selling printed matter such as songs, etc.;and its object is to provide a reel on which songs or other printedmatter are wound in one continuous strip and upon depositing a coin inthe case of the device the shaft of the reel is released and apredetermined length of the roll is unwound and delivered to the outsideof the case where it is cut off by a knife at that point by thepurchaser, as will be more fully described in the following.specification, set forth in the claims and illustrated in the drawings,where the same reference characters are used to designate the same partsin the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete device. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional view of same. Fig. 3 is a view of the interior, the side beingremoved. Fig. 1 is a front view of the device. Fig. 5 is a'view of theinterior with the opposite side to Fig. 3 being shown.

The device is mounted preferably on a pedestal 10 and the casing 11 is adrum having below it a box 12 where the coin finally drops and fromwhich it may be removed through a door 13 when a sufficientnumber hasaccumulated. From a slot 14 drops a raceway 15 to direct the coin to thereleasing means which will be later described.

The article to be vended is arranged as a roll of paper 16 and carriedon the shaft 17 journaled in the sides of the casing 11 and one of whoseends projects through the side of the casing to have secured to it ahandle 18. Uprights 19 also support the shaft and separate the roll fromthe gear wheel 20, carried by the shaft, and rotates the pinions 21 and22 of rollers 23 and 24 through which passes the free end of the paperand by them fed to the outside of the casing through a slot 25 andafter. a sufficient amount has been reeled off, which is about equal toone rotation of the handle 18, it is then cut off by means of a knife 26Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 25, 1907.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908. Serial N0. 394,505.

having a knob 27 on the outside of the casing which works through a slot28.

1V hen the coin is dropped into the slot 14 and down the chute 15 itfalls into a cup 29 at the lower end of a rod 30 which is pivoted at 31to a lever 32 fulcrumed to the casing at 32 and whose forward end standsin the path of a stop 33 on the side of the gear wheel 30. In order toprevent the backward rotation of the gear wheel a spring catch 34: issecured to the casing and is in the path of a stop 33 but when the cup29 is thrown downward and the forward end of the lever 32 upward by theweight of the coin the end of the lever is removed from the path of thestop 33 and the wheel 20 is free to be moved by means of the handle 18and rotates the wheels 21 and 23 and a certain amount of the roll ispassed out of the casing. 1

The spring 24 is located in the path of the stop 33, and as it ridesover the spring, the latter is pressed outwardly and consequently itexerts an increasing resistance. As a result, the crank turns harderduring the last part of the revolution so that the operator will notbring the stop 33 with great force against the lever 32. In other words,the spring '34 acts as a brake for retarding the turning movement andprevents too great a shock on the lever 32 by engagement of the stop 33therewith. I

As the wheel 20 revolves a pin 35 comes in contact with a spring orabutment 36 on the rod 30 and pushes same further back, discharging thecoin which drops into the box 12 and permits the lever to return to ltsnormal position so that the end of the lever 32 is again in the path ofthe stop 33 and the wheel 20 prevented from rotating more than once.

The roll is carried loosely on the shaft 17 and revolves in a contrarydirection to the wheel 20 and if found necessary a spool or sleeve maybe arranged to separate it from the shaft so that its movement may bemore free.

It will be seen that this construction covers a very simple device forthe purpose 1ntended and the parts are few and not liable to get out oforder. The casing may be of any desired form and have the necessaryornamental features. A tablet 37 may be provided on the front of thecasing to announce the contents of same and give proper directions forits operation.

It is obvious that various minor modifications of construction may bemade in the details of the apparatus without departing from theessential features above described.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of a dispensing element, a casing therefor, a coinchute in the casing, a coin receiving member arranged to be depressed bythe weight of a coin delivered thereto by the chute, an abutment on themember a locking device connected with the member and released by thedepression of the latter, a stop on the element with which the lockingdevice engages for normally preventing movement of the element, andmeans mounted on and movable with the element for engaging the saidabutment to move the member laterally to a position to permit the cointo slip off the same.

2. The combination of a coin chute, a vertically-movable member arrangedto be lowered by the Weight of a coin deposited thereto from the chute,a pivoted locking device arranged to gravitate to locking position andadapted to be overbalanced by the weight of a coin on the member, amovable element, a stop on the element with which the device normallyengages for preventing movement of the element in one direction, ayielding means for engaging the stop for preventing the movement of theelement in the opposite direction arranged to exert an increasingresistance to the movement of the element as the stop approaches thelocking device, and means for moving the element when the locking deviceis released by a coin.

3. The combination of a coin chute, a suspended member having acoin-receiving portion and disposed under the chute to drop under theweight of the coin, a locking device controlled by the member, a pivotalconnection between the member and device, a rotatable element, a stopthereon with which the device normally engages, a projection on theelement, and means on the member with which the projection engages afterthe member has reached its lowermost position for tiltin the member intoposition to permit the coin to drop off the same.

at. The combination of a casing, a rotatable element therein, a coinchute, a depressible member, a pivoted locking device mounted in thecasing, a member suspended thereon and pivotally connected therewith toreceive a coin from the chute and weighted to release the locking deviceby the weight of the coin, an L-shaped stop on the element with whichthe locking device normally engages to prevent movement of the elementand to hold the said device in locking position against the attractionof gravity, an abutment on the member, a projection on the element forengaging the abutment as the element is turned to throw the lower end ofthe member laterally for depositing the coin, and a fixed spring in thecasing arranged to engage behind the stop at the end of the movement ofthe element to prevent backward movement of the latter.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL KLEINMAN.

Witnesses J AMES F. DUHAMEL, MAG W. CLINTON.

